The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-07-22
Industl.lnl Rreyities.

Industrial Brevities.
Although the best OF the public lands
have gone, it j. encouraging to note
that there still remain unsurveyed
5000, 600 acres in Colorado. 100000
in Arizona, nearly $4,000, 900 in Cali
fornia, 49, 600. 001 in Dakota, 1000, 600
in Florida $4,000, 900 in Idaho, 7,000,-
000in Minnesota, $4,000, 600 in Nevada
"a, 100000 in Montana, Al, 100000 in
Utah, and more than 10000, 600 in
Washington territory, aggregating
S22, 000. 600 in the states and territories
mentioned. 49,
A contractor engaged on the grading
ut Langshead's coke works at Fair
chance, England, is the owner of a
horse which possess the remarkable
growth Of a flowing mustache on its
upper lip. The animal seems quite
proud of its distinguished feature. and
bites viciously at anyone who attempts
to stroke the hirsute ornament. 1t is
not permitted to put on much style.
however, and is confined to the humble
work OF drawing cart like the other
horses.
There is a bee disease In Germany
called .Maikranheit because it is
usually seen in May. The bees have
distended abdome ms, because they have
not been able to void their feces, after
partaking Of pollen collected III the
early spring after it had been touched
by frost A good remedy is to put a
little salicylic acid in syrup and feed it
to them, Keeping the hive dry and pre-
venting the accumulation of moisture
inside.
A dust conyeyor for thrashers has
been patented by Mr.. Lyman "A. Miller.
of Carbondale, III. Combined with the
thrashing cylinder and feed board are a
fan and fan case with tube having
its vertical portion provided with In
ward or rearwardly projecting tubes,
extended to conform TO the lower
side Of the feed board, and then carried
upward and rearward to cause Il to
overhang the feed Board.
Oxford down sheep attain to very
heavy weights, the rams at 3 years of
age reaching as high as four hundred
pounds and ews three hundred. They
are the largest or the mutton breeds,
and yield a fleece Of medium wool
weighing twenty pounds These
weights are for special Individuals that
have been on exhibition, but three
hundred pounds is not an unusual
weight for rams over 2 years old.
Chimney SCOT made from either
wood or coal forms a valuable fertil-
izer. It contains a large amount of
ammonia, the coal SCOT more than the
wood, that is always OF value to plants
hacanse of the nitrogen it contains.
Mixed with water il makes d good
fertilizer for house and other small
plants and is easily applied. Given to
roses it viii deepen their color num-
her Of shades
A farmer informs the departmental
agriculture that he has evidence lead
ing him to believe that the crows spre,2i
hog cholera. Unless al carcasses be
destroyed BY fire. the crows carry
fragments Of flesh to distant points.
He states that he has found pieces of
swine flesh in his fields, apparently
dropped there by crows. which congre-
gate in large numbers IN his section.
Spots can be found all over the pine
hills of the southern states as healthy
as any forests in the world. Some I'M
valids are beginning to understand
this fact and profit by it AT least
million inyalids and wealthy people in
the north and west would winter in
these southern pine hills and on the
gulf shore If they knew the honest
truth about the climate Of the southern
states
r. @. Gonant, of Portland. Me-, is
manufacturing a compress which Is
used in corn factories and which viii
till the can with any desired amount ia
weight. put in the quantity Of water
and press il in, al the rateof two thou
sand cans per hour. He is also manta-
featuring a huskingniachine which
will husk seventy-five bushels of corn
in an hour.
AT special meeting of the Farmers
institute for the county of Ontario.
province Of Ontario. Canada, resolu-
tion declaring in favor Of the removal
Of all trade restrictions between Can
ada and the United States was carried
unanimously.
A farmer In Ireland, who has been
experimenting for several years with
prickly comfrey, declares thatit Is hard